Herbert Floyd Edmonds
1903 - 1963 (60 years)
Generation: 1
1. Herbert Floyd Edmonds was born on 20 Jan 1903 in Iowa; died on 06 Nov 1963 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried on 08 Nov 1963 in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
- Census: 1930, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa
Notes:
Blame Dense Fog in Fatal Crash
Mediapolis – Dense fog was blamed for a 2-truck collision in which a Mediapolis farmer died. The accident happened on Hwy.61 approximately 1 1/2 miles north of Mediapolis Wednesday.
Dead is Herbert Floyd Edmonds, 61, a bachelor. Edmonds died instantly when a pickup he was driving was struck broadside by a star Route mail truck enroute to Cedar Rapids. The accident occurred at 1 a.m. as Edmonds pulled onto the highway from a gravel road.
Driver of the mail truck was Paul Johnson 53, of Burlington rural. Johnson told Deputy Sheriff Carl Anderson he was driving north at less than 40 miles per hour when he saw the pickup pull from the side road.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126862507/herbert-floyd-edmonds
Acacia Garden, Lot 62, space 2